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On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:43 AM, ramkrishna vasudevan <
ramkrishna.s.vasudevan@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>Does enabling security in HBase entails using the latest hbase security
> >>branch?
> Which branch are you using? Once you enable security the security feature
> on that branch starts working.
>
If security is a feature, why HBase are releasing two version each time.
For instance 0.94.7 and 0.94.7-security?
> >>3. Suppose the only requirement I have is securing the RPC in between
> >>Master and Slave sites, do I must have Secure HDFS and secure ZooKeeper?
> Security if enabled will apply to HDFS and Zookeeper also. I don't think
> you can only enable for HBase alone.
>
Thus I need to have special versions of HDFS and ZooKeeper as well, or
security is already baked in as a feature in Hadoop 1.0.4 (for example) ?
>
> >>1. Does HBase supports secure RPC between Master and Slave replications?
> Sorry am not sure on this.
>
> Regards
> Ram
>
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Asaf Mesika <asaf.mesika@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know that HBase supports secure RPC between its nodes (Master, Region
> > Server). I have couple of questions about it:
> >
> > 1. Does HBase supports secure RPC between Master and Slave replications?
> > 2. Does enabling security in HBase entails using the latest hbase
> security
> > branch?
> > 3. Suppose the only requirement I have is securing the RPC in between
> > Master and Slave sites, do I must have Secure HDFS and secure ZooKeeper?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Asaf
> >
>